Naval mod: Why not for RTW

[CrusaderMan]

I read about a new naval mod for rome total war. Why not create the naval arm for the original? The game feels half finished without it.

[CrusaderMan]

Come on people, arent you intersted??

[ah_dut]

AFAIK it's very hard to implement well...

[Razor1952]

CA actually commented on this in the modding forum, and it was along the lines of seems impossible but who knows what the modding guys can come up with.

[Ludens]

The inclusion of naval battles has been discussed a number of times in the Colosseum. I think that it would be very hard to do: naval battles are intrinsically different from land battles. For one thing, you fight the elements as well as your enemies; for another, you use ships instead of men. It is well possible to make a naval battle simulator, but not with the current R:TW battle engine (unless it is heavily modified). And I am sure nobody is waiting for a game that features very realistic land battles but represents sea battles with something that looks like moving cardboard pieces over a flat, blue field.